Border Springs Lamb Dinner; Brews and Chews

EVENTWIRE—Chef Kevin Johnson of The Grocery will be your instructor on the wonders of lamb, this Thursday, September 26. Audience members will have a chance to watch Johnson execute a three-course menu as well as interact with the genial chef. Border Springs Farm proprietor Craig Rogers will also join the group to discuss his Virginia lambs. The event will be held at L'Atelier Le Creuset and tickets are $50. Purchase tickets online at eventbrite.com. [EaterWire]

EVENTWIRE—Wild Dunes Resort will host their first Island Brews and Chews Craft Beer Festival this Columbus Day weekend, on October 12. For only $30, guests will be able to sample pints from local and national breweries as well as feast on pairings. Examples include, a Frothy Beard Photuris pale ale paired with a smoked skirt steak and curried blue cheese crema or the braised short rib with bacon and bacon fat mascarpone washed down with a Holy City Pluff Mud porter. If you feel the need to work off any of those tasty bites, you can play a round of corn hole, table tennis or bocce ball set up for the afternoon. The event starts at 3:00 p.m. and tickets are available by calling 888.778.1876. [EaterWire]

BACONWIRE—Downtown meat and sandwich shop Ted's Butcherblock will host their 8th annual anniversary block party on Saturday, October 12. Highlights include a "Surf and Turf" chow down of burgers, grilled sausages and oysters, music from bluegrass band The Bushels and a bacon eating contest. The festivities will begin at noon and go until 5:00 p.m. at 334 East Bay St. [EaterWire]